The Therapy Garden combines the expertise and talents of experienced staff, trustees and volunteers. The charity is indebted to our patrons; actress and local resident, Dame Penelope Keith DBE, DL and Young Horticulturist of the Year 2013, Jez Stamp, and we appreciate their ongoing support.
I was delighted to be asked to become a Patron of The Therapy Garden, especially as I am a gardener at heart. I have seen at first hand from similar projects, how those with special needs, be they physical or mental, can benefit from a close contact with the earth and nature. I wish this project and all those involved every success.
Gardening is my passion. Working with plants gives me a tremendous sense of wellbeing and perspective. I hope my knowledge and experience will benefit the fantastic work already done by the Therapy Garden which shows the power that gardening has to help everyone, whatever their needs.
Katrina came to us in March 2018 from Waverley BC Training Services where she taught the Horticulture Study Programme (Horticulture, Employability, Maths and English) and took groups of learners out to work in older/more vulnerable residents gardens. Her horticultural background includes: plant breeding with a vegetable seed company, nursery grower with Hillier’s Nurseries and private gardening employment.
As well as her horticultural background Katrina has always had a keen interest in people and their wellbeing and to further this she has studied: care, social care, home nursing, Physiology with Psychology (BSc hons), basic counselling, mental health first aid, teaching (PGCE) and assessing. She has also been a volunteer with St John Ambulance since 2011 where she trained as a community first responder and was a volunteer first aider and trainer.
Other interests include reading, cooking/baking (especially with flowers), crafts and outdoor activities such as mountain walking, scrambling, sea kayaking & cycling. She also loves photographing flowers in her spare time and spending time on her allotment.
Jo joined The Therapy Garden in October 2021 as our Finance and Volunteer Coordinator, she looks after all finance related queries including invoicing and purchasing. She is also the volunteers main point of contact and oversees volunteer recruitment and admin. She has a background in administration, most recently 10 years at the University of Surrey (latterly at the Surrey Clinical Research Centre) with experience in finance, managing budgets and secretarial admin.
| Anne Everitt | Chair, Safeguarding |
| Neil Jones | Mental Health, Recruitment |
| Richard Shears | Treasurer |
| Reeve Martin | Health & Safety, Risk Management |
| Andrew Pearson | Business |
| Ed Hussey | HR |
| Jo Woodhams | Green Social Prescribing, Mental Health |
| Jason Gaskell | Charities |
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